Timoleague driver fined €200 after crash through stop sign damages home porch

A 44‑year‑old driver from Timoleague has been fined €200 after crashing through a stop sign and damaging the porch of a house on Barryshall Road.

Nicholas Lombard of Skeaf West, Clogagh, pleaded guilty to careless driving at Clonakilty District Court. The single‑vehicle collision occurred at about 9 pm on 26 December 2025 at a crossroads near Timoleague.

Lombard drove through the stop sign and struck the property opposite, causing damage estimated at €65,000. No one was injured and the damage was covered by Lombard’s insurance.

Initially charged with dangerous driving and failing to remain at the scene, the latter charge was struck out after his solicitor, Carl O’Mahony, explained that Lombard left his details and later informed the owner of the work vehicle he was driving. Judge Joanne Carroll noted that Lombard was fully insured, had taken responsibility and that the incident resulted from a lapse of concentration. She reduced the dangerous driving charge to careless driving, convicted Lombard and imposed the €200 fine, with four months to pay.

Source: Irish Examiner. Photo: NITIN CHAUHAN / Pexels.